Pressed wheel



Feb. 28, 1928.

DoRsAY Moc. WHITE PRES SED WHEEL Filed Sept. 21' 1925 .INVENToR lDOresAY MSCALLVWHITE- ATTORNEY 45 wardly, i. "e, in the opposite direction Patented Feb. 2s, -192s.

UNITED STATES :DonsnY PATENT OFFICE.

Pnnssnn WHEEL.

. Applicaticn led September 21, 1925. Serial No.V 57,602.

This invention relates to wheels, and is *illustrated as embodied in a front disk wheel for an f iutomobile. An object of the invention is to simpli the construction, 5 and 4lessen the cost, o such` a wheel by drawing out the center of a load-carry? ing disk part toform an integral and generally. tubular half-"hub, which cooperates with and is completed by, a separate halfhub -ormed4 of a stamping having a flange- "ollo'wing description of one illustrative emp bodiment shown inthe accompanying drawing, in which:

The figure is a vertical section through. one

front wheel, and associated parts.

The illustrated wheel comprlses a pair of stampingslO and' 12, each -having a tubular part forming a half-hub and a radially-extending `flange. The two anges are' fastened together by means such as rivets 14,

' 30 and the ilange'of thestamping 10 is con- A tinued asa load-carrying part or disk 16. l

The halfhub; 10- has a cylindrical seat at. its outer end for an antifriction bear- -ing 18 which is positioned byabrupt shoul- '35 ders 20 formed by'punching inwardly at intervals Athe metal ofthe hub. The half hub 12 has a similar seat at its inner end for a beari ing 22 positioned by lan abrupt shoulder 24 rolled as a bead in the stamping. vBear- 4 o ings 18T and 22 support the-spindle 26 of a front wheel knuckle 28 adapted to be Swivelled by a kin pin or the like at the -end of a'front axe f The load-carrying disk 16 -is turned infrom 4 the -half-hub 10,fat its outer edge to form a generallyv cylindrical flangel 30 which, in

the particular wheel illustrated, is intended for use as-La brakev drum. y This drum has an an outer stioning ilange 32, closely en.

lubricant.

MGCALL WHITE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO MOTOR ININ'J'S'I!RIIES,l i .'IN'CIQ,V 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

circled by a cylindrical iange 34 on a backy ing plate 36 dished outwardly at its center and secured to knuckle 28 adjacent the end of the halfhub l2. Preferably the plate 36 is formed with a central iange 38,k into vwhich the end of the hub projects, and which catches any lubricant dripping from the end of the hub. The knuckle or the plate maybe provlded with a drain groove 40' for 4such The load-earfying disk .16 is rolled Awith rim carrying stamped'annulus42 bolted or otherwise vsecured to ldisk 16. Disk 16 is l pushed back out at intervals'and machined, as shown at top and bottom \of the figure, to form sharp shoulders on which the annulus 42 is piloted.

while one illustrative. embodiment has been described in detail, it is not my intention to limit the scope of the invention -to that, particular embodiment, or otherwise ,than bythe terms of the appended claims.

" I'claim: V. e

l1. A wheel ccmprising, in combination, a load-carrying disk drawnaxially at its center to form one end of a tubular hub, and

a 'separate part secured to the disk and. having an oppositely-.directed tubularl part:

forming the other endof the hub, the two ends of the hub having each a seat for'an antifriction bea-ring, and each formed with an abrupt bearing-position .shoulder at the end of the seat next the center ofthe hub,

the shoulder' on saidl separate part bein liead substantially in the .plane of said 2. A wheel comprising',- in combination2 a load-carrying `disk having a -generally cylln-v drical iian e projecting` inwardly at its outer edge and aving vits' central part drawn in the opposite direction as 'a generally tubujlar outwardly projecting half-hub, and a separate v'stamping having a flange secured l to thedisk'and an inwardly-projecting generally tubular half-hub.

In testimony 'whereotfI have hereunto signed my name.

. `-fnonsar MccALL-Wm'rn.' 

